CN110708627B

CN110708627B - Earphone and control method thereof

Info

Publication number: CN110708627B
Application number: CN201910938947.XA
Authority: CN
Inventors: 陈士明
Original assignee: Goertek Inc
Current assignee: Goertek Inc
Priority date: 2019-09-30
Filing date: 2019-09-30
Publication date: 2021-07-27
Anticipated expiration: 2039-09-30
Also published as: CN110708627A

Abstract

The invention discloses an earphone and a control method thereof, wherein the earphone comprises a main control module, two earphones and a touch module corresponding to each earphone; the touch control module is used for acquiring touch control gestures input by a user; the main control module is set to detect whether the touch control gesture is a preset designated gesture, and when the detection result is yes, the receiver corresponding to the touch control module for collecting the touch control gesture is used as a first receiver, the other receiver is used as a second receiver, the audio signal of the first sound channel is sent to the first receiver for playing, and the audio signal of the second sound channel is sent to the second receiver for playing.

Description

Earphone and control method thereof

Technical Field

The invention relates to the technical field of earphone design, in particular to an earphone and a control method thereof.

Background

With the development and application of scientific technology, various earphones continuously appear in the market, which greatly facilitates the living, working and learning needs of people. However, the earphones in the current market have the difficulty that the left and right earphones cannot be correctly and quickly distinguished when worn, and although some earphone manufacturers add left and right marks on the earphones or make some changes for distinguishing the left and right earphones structurally, the situation that a consumer wears the earphones reversely in use still often occurs. In general, this can cause certain problems, such as: in the process that a user listens to stereo music, the sound field is disordered due to the fact that the earphone is worn reversely, poor auditory perception is brought, and especially the original sound effect of the player outputting the HIFI-level tone quality is greatly influenced. When a user watches 2D or 3D movies, the situation that the positions of sound and images in the movies are inconsistent due to the fact that the earphones are worn reversely can cause the viewing experience and the showing effect of people to be greatly reduced. For game enthusiasts, the playing of the game players can be influenced by the reverse wearing of the earphones, and poor game entertainment is brought.

Therefore, it is valuable to provide a solution that can automatically set the headphone channels according to the user's needs.

Disclosure of Invention

It is an object of embodiments of the present invention to provide a new solution to at least one of the above problems.

According to a first aspect of the present invention, an earphone is provided, which includes a main control module, two earphones, and a touch module corresponding to each earphone; the touch control module is used for acquiring touch control gestures input by a user; the main control module is set to detect whether the touch control gesture is a preset designated gesture, and when the detection result is yes, the receiver corresponding to the touch control module for collecting the touch control gesture is used as a first receiver, the other receiver is used as a second receiver, the audio signal of the first sound channel is sent to the first receiver for playing, and the audio signal of the second sound channel is sent to the second receiver for playing.

Optionally, each touch module is respectively disposed on a corresponding earphone.

Optionally, the touch module is configured to transmit the touch gesture to the main control module through a digital interface.

Optionally, the digital interface is an SPI interface or an I2C interface.

Optionally, the headset further includes a wearing detection module, where the wearing detection module is configured to detect whether an event occurs when a user wears the headset, and control the touch module to start when the event occurs.

Optionally, the touch module is further configured to detect whether the touch gesture is valid, and transmit the touch gesture to the main control module when the touch gesture is valid.

Optionally, the main control module is further configured to identify a function operation corresponding to the touch gesture, and control the headset to execute the function operation.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a control method for an earphone, where the earphone is provided with two earphones and a touch module corresponding to each earphone, the control method includes:

acquiring a touch gesture input by a user through the touch module;

determining a receiver corresponding to a touch module for acquiring the touch gesture as a first receiver and taking the other receiver as a second receiver under the condition that the touch gesture is a preset designated gesture;

and sending the audio signal of the first sound channel to the first earphone for playing, and sending the audio signal of the second sound channel to the second earphone for playing.

Optionally, the control method further includes:

detecting whether an event that the user wears the earphone occurs;

and controlling the touch control module to collect the touch control gesture under the condition that the event is detected to occur.

The method has the advantages that in the embodiment of the invention, the left and right sound channels of the two receivers can be defined by the earphone according to the touch gestures input by the user, so that the user is ensured not to perform the step of distinguishing the left and right receivers before wearing the earphone, and the hearing experience of the user is improved.

Other features of the present invention and advantages thereof will become apparent from the following detailed description of exemplary embodiments thereof, which proceeds with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Drawings

The accompanying drawings, which are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification, illustrate embodiments of the invention and together with the description, serve to explain the principles of the invention.

Fig. 1 is a block schematic diagram of an implementation structure of a headset according to the invention;

fig. 2 is a block schematic diagram of another implementation structure of a headset according to the invention;

fig. 3 is a flowchart of an embodiment of a control method of an earphone according to the present invention.

Detailed Description

Various exemplary embodiments of the present invention will now be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. It should be noted that: the relative arrangement of the components and steps, the numerical expressions and numerical values set forth in these embodiments do not limit the scope of the present invention unless specifically stated otherwise.

The following description of at least one exemplary embodiment is merely illustrative in nature and is in no way intended to limit the invention, its application, or uses.

Techniques, methods, and apparatus known to those of ordinary skill in the relevant art may not be discussed in detail but are intended to be part of the specification where appropriate.

In all examples shown and discussed herein, any particular value should be construed as merely illustrative, and not limiting. Thus, other examples of the exemplary embodiments may have different values.

It should be noted that: like reference numbers and letters refer to like items in the following figures, and thus, once an item is defined in one figure, further discussion thereof is not required in subsequent figures.

Fig. 1 is a schematic block diagram of an earphone according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in fig. 1, the headset may include a main control module 1000, two earpieces 2100 and 2200, a touch module 3100 corresponding to the earpiece 2100, and a touch module 3200 corresponding to the earpiece 2200.

Touch modules 3100 and 3200 are each configured to capture touch gestures input by a user. Specifically, a user needs to input a touch gesture in a collection area corresponding to the touch module 3100 or 3200, and the touch gesture can be collected by the corresponding touch module.

The main control module 1000 is configured to detect whether the touch gesture is a preset designated gesture, and when the detection result is yes, use the receiver corresponding to the touch module that collects the touch gesture as a first receiver and use the other receiver as a second receiver, send the audio signal of the first channel to the first receiver for playing, and send the audio signal of the second channel to the second receiver for playing.

Specifically, when the main control module 1000 detects that the touch gesture collected by the touch module 3100 is a designated gesture, the earphone 2100 corresponding to the touch module 3100 is used as a first earphone, the earphone 2200 is used as a second earphone, the audio signal of the first channel is sent to the first earphone for playing, and the audio signal of the second channel is sent to the second earphone for playing. When the main control module 1000 detects that the touch gesture acquired by the touch module 3200 is a designated gesture, the earphone 2200 corresponding to the touch module 3200 is used as a first earphone, the earphone 2100 is used as a second earphone, so that the audio signal of the first sound channel is sent to the first earphone to be played, and the audio signal of the second sound channel is sent to the second earphone to be played.

In one embodiment of the invention, the first channel may be a left channel and the second channel may be a right channel.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the mode that the main control module 1000 uses the earphone corresponding to the touch module that collects the touch gesture as the first earphone and uses the other earphone as the second earphone may be implemented by modifying parameters of the two earphones or controlling a switch state in an earphone circuit, so as to send the audio signal of the first channel to the first earphone for playing and send the audio signal of the second channel to the second earphone for playing.

In one example, the audio signal of the headset may be a digital audio signal in I2S format. The I2S format digital audio signal mainly includes a serial clock signal, a frame clock signal and a serial data signal, wherein the serial clock signal corresponds to each bit of data of the digital audio, the frame clock signal is used for switching left and right channel data, and the serial data signal is audio data represented by a binary complement. When the frame clock signal is at a high level, it indicates that the right channel data signal is being transmitted; when the frame clock signal is low, it indicates that the left channel data signal is being transmitted. Then, the earphone corresponding to the touch module that collects the touch gesture may be used as the first earphone and the other earphone may be used as the second earphone by setting the frame clock signal.

On this basis, the digital audio signal in the I2S format needs to be decoded by a decoding module to obtain an analog left channel signal and an analog right channel signal, and the analog left channel signal and the analog right channel signal are transmitted to corresponding headphones.

In an example, in a case that the headset is turned on each time, if the main control module 1000 detects that neither of the touch gestures collected by the two touch modules is a designated gesture, or neither of the two touch modules collects a touch gesture, the headset 2100 may be used as a first headset, and the headset 2200 may be used as a second headset. If the touch gesture acquired by the touch module 3200 corresponding to the earphone 2200 is the designated gesture in the using process of the headset, the earphone 2200 is used as the first earphone, and the earphone 2100 is used as the second earphone, that is, the sound channels of the two earphones are switched. Specifically, the way of switching the channels of the two handsets may be to perform inverse processing on the frame clock signal.

In the embodiment of the invention, the left and right sound channels of the two receivers can be defined by the earphone according to the touch gesture input by the user, so that the user does not need to perform the step of distinguishing the left and right receivers before wearing the earphone, and the hearing experience of the user is improved.

In one embodiment, each touch module may be disposed on a corresponding earphone. Specifically, the touch module 3100 may be disposed on the headset 2100, and the touch module 3200 may be disposed on the headset 2200, so that the user may define the left and right channels according to the position of the headset after wearing the headset.

For example, the touch module may be disposed on a side of the corresponding earphone away from the ear of the user, so as to collect the touch gesture of the user.

In one embodiment, the touch modules 3100 and 3200 may each be configured to transmit the touch gesture to the main control module 1000 through a digital interface, so that the main control module 1000 can recognize whether the gesture is a specific gesture.

In one example, the digital Interface may be an SPI (Serial Peripheral Interface) or I2C (Inter-Integrated Circuit) Interface.

In one embodiment, the headset may further include a wearing detection module 4000 as shown in fig. 2, configured to detect whether an event that a user wears the headset occurs, and control the master control module 1000, the touch modules 3100 and 3200 to start when the event is detected.

Further, the wearing detection module 4000 may be further configured to detect whether another event occurs when the user takes off the headset, and control the main control module 1000, the touch modules 3100 and 3200 to stop operating when the another event occurs when the user takes off the headset.

Therefore, the master control module and the touch module can be controlled to be started under the condition that the user wears the earphone each time, and the master control module and the touch module are controlled to stop working under the condition that the user takes off the earphone, so that the power consumption of the earphone can be reduced, and the service life of the earphone is prolonged.

The wearing detection module 4000 may be a functional module capable of detecting whether the headset is in a wearing state by a proximity sensor, an infrared sensor, a capacitance sensor, or the like.

In one embodiment, the touch modules 3100 and 3200 may be further configured to detect whether the touch gestures collected by the touch modules are valid, and transmit the touch gestures to the main control module 1000 if the touch gestures are valid.

In one example, a plurality of valid touch gestures may be preset, and may include, for example, a swipe up gesture, a swipe down gesture, a swipe left gesture, a swipe right gesture, and an L-shaped gesture. Then, when the touch gesture collected by the touch module 3100 or 3200 is any one of them, the collected touch gesture is transmitted to the main control module 1000. When the touch gesture collected by the touch module 3100 or 3200 is not the valid touch gesture, the collected touch gesture is not transmitted to the main control module 1000.

In one embodiment, the main control module 1000 is further configured to recognize a function operation corresponding to the touch gesture, and control the headset to execute the function operation.

For example, the touch gesture is an up-stroke gesture or a down-stroke gesture, and the corresponding function operation may be respectively volume increase or volume decrease, so that the main control module 1000 may control the earphone to increase the volume when the touch gesture is the up-stroke gesture; and under the condition that the touch gesture is a down stroke, controlling the earphone to reduce the volume.

For another example, the touch gesture is a left-stroke gesture or a right-stroke gesture, and the corresponding function operations may be a previous operation or a next operation, respectively, so that the main control module 1000 may control the earphone to switch to play a previous audio when the touch gesture is an upward stroke; and under the condition that the touch gesture is a downward stroke, controlling the earphone to switch and play the next audio.

Fig. 3 is a flowchart illustrating a method for controlling an earphone according to an embodiment of the present invention. In the embodiment shown in fig. 3, the earphone is provided with two earphones and a touch module corresponding to each earphone. The control method may include steps S3100 to S3300 shown in fig. 3:

and step S3100, acquiring a touch gesture of the user through the touch module.

Step S3200, when the touch gesture is a preset designated gesture, determining a handset corresponding to the touch module that collects the touch gesture as a first handset, and using another handset as a second handset.

And step S3300, sending the audio signal of the first sound channel to the first earphone for playing, and sending the audio signal of the second sound channel to the second earphone for playing.

Reference may be made to the foregoing earphone embodiments, and details are not repeated herein.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the control method may further include steps S4100 to S4200 as shown below:

step S4100 detects whether an event occurs in which the user wears the headset.

In step S4200, the touch module is controlled to capture the touch gesture when the event is detected.

In this embodiment, left and right sound channels of two receivers can be defined according to a touch gesture input by a user, so that the user is ensured not to perform a step of distinguishing the left and right receivers before wearing the headset, and hearing experience of the user is improved.

The above embodiments mainly focus on differences from other embodiments, but it should be clear to those skilled in the art that the above embodiments can be used alone or in combination with each other as needed.

The embodiments in the present disclosure are described in a progressive manner, and the same and similar parts among the embodiments can be referred to each other, and each embodiment focuses on the differences from the other embodiments, but it should be clear to those skilled in the art that the embodiments described above can be used alone or in combination with each other as needed. In addition, for the device embodiment, since it corresponds to the method embodiment, the description is relatively simple, and for relevant points, refer to the description of the corresponding parts of the method embodiment. The system embodiments described above are merely illustrative, in that modules illustrated as separate components may or may not be physically separate.

The present invention may be an apparatus, method and/or computer program product. The computer program product may include a computer-readable storage medium having computer-readable program instructions embodied therewith for causing a processor to implement various aspects of the present invention.

The computer readable storage medium may be a tangible device that can hold and store the instructions for use by the instruction execution device. The computer readable storage medium may be, for example, but not limited to, an electronic memory device, a magnetic memory device, an optical memory device, an electromagnetic memory device, a semiconductor memory device, or any suitable combination of the foregoing. More specific examples (a non-exhaustive list) of the computer readable storage medium would include the following: a portable computer diskette, a hard disk, a Random Access Memory (RAM), a read-only memory (ROM), an erasable programmable read-only memory (EPROM or flash memory), a Static Random Access Memory (SRAM), a portable compact disc read-only memory (CD-ROM), a Digital Versatile Disc (DVD), a memory stick, a floppy disk, a mechanical coding device, such as punch cards or in-groove projection structures having instructions stored thereon, and any suitable combination of the foregoing. Computer-readable storage media as used herein is not to be construed as transitory signals per se, such as radio waves or other freely propagating electromagnetic waves, electromagnetic waves propagating through a waveguide or other transmission medium (e.g., optical pulses through a fiber optic cable), or electrical signals transmitted through electrical wires.

The computer-readable program instructions described herein may be downloaded from a computer-readable storage medium to a respective computing/processing device, or to an external computer or external storage device via a network, such as the internet, a local area network, a wide area network, and/or a wireless network. The network may include copper transmission cables, fiber optic transmission, wireless transmission, routers, firewalls, switches, gateway computers and/or border servers. The network adapter card or network interface in each computing/processing device receives computer-readable program instructions from the network and forwards the computer-readable program instructions for storage in a computer-readable storage medium in the respective computing/processing device.

The computer program instructions for carrying out operations of the present invention may be assembler instructions, Instruction Set Architecture (ISA) instructions, machine-related instructions, microcode, firmware instructions, state setting data, or source or object code written in any combination of one or more programming languages, including an object oriented programming language such as Smalltalk, C + + or the like and conventional procedural programming languages, such as the "C" programming language or similar programming languages. The computer-readable program instructions may execute entirely on the user's computer, partly on the user's computer, as a stand-alone software package, partly on the user's computer and partly on a remote computer or entirely on the remote computer or server. In the case of a remote computer, the remote computer may be connected to the user's computer through any type of network, including a Local Area Network (LAN) or a Wide Area Network (WAN), or the connection may be made to an external computer (for example, through the Internet using an Internet service provider). In some embodiments, aspects of the present invention are implemented by personalizing an electronic circuit, such as a programmable logic circuit, a Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA), or a Programmable Logic Array (PLA), with state information of computer-readable program instructions, which can execute the computer-readable program instructions.

Aspects of the present invention are described herein with reference to flowchart illustrations and/or block diagrams of methods, apparatus (systems) and computer program products according to embodiments of the invention. It will be understood that each block of the flowchart illustrations and/or block diagrams, and combinations of blocks in the flowchart illustrations and/or block diagrams, can be implemented by computer-readable program instructions.

These computer-readable program instructions may be provided to a processor of a general purpose computer, special purpose computer, or other programmable data processing apparatus to produce a machine, such that the instructions, which execute via the processor of the computer or other programmable data processing apparatus, create means for implementing the functions/acts specified in the flowchart and/or block diagram block or blocks. These computer-readable program instructions may also be stored in a computer-readable storage medium that can direct a computer, programmable data processing apparatus, and/or other devices to function in a particular manner, such that the computer-readable medium storing the instructions comprises an article of manufacture including instructions which implement the function/act specified in the flowchart and/or block diagram block or blocks.

The computer readable program instructions may also be loaded onto a computer, other programmable data processing apparatus, or other devices to cause a series of operational steps to be performed on the computer, other programmable apparatus or other devices to produce a computer implemented process such that the instructions which execute on the computer, other programmable apparatus or other devices implement the functions/acts specified in the flowchart and/or block diagram block or blocks.

The flowchart and block diagrams in the figures illustrate the architecture, functionality, and operation of possible implementations of systems, methods and computer program products according to various embodiments of the present invention. In this regard, each block in the flowchart or block diagrams may represent a module, segment, or portion of instructions, which comprises one or more executable instructions for implementing the specified logical function(s). In some alternative implementations, the functions noted in the block may occur out of the order noted in the figures. For example, two blocks shown in succession may, in fact, be executed substantially concurrently, or the blocks may sometimes be executed in the reverse order, depending upon the functionality involved. It will also be noted that each block of the block diagrams and/or flowchart illustration, and combinations of blocks in the block diagrams and/or flowchart illustration, can be implemented by special purpose hardware-based systems which perform the specified functions or acts, or combinations of special purpose hardware and computer instructions. It is well known to those skilled in the art that implementation by hardware, by software, and by a combination of software and hardware are equivalent.

Having described embodiments of the present invention, the foregoing description is intended to be exemplary, not exhaustive, and not limited to the embodiments disclosed. Many modifications and variations will be apparent to those of ordinary skill in the art without departing from the scope and spirit of the described embodiments. The terms used herein were chosen in order to best explain the principles of the embodiments, the practical application, or technical improvements to the techniques in the marketplace, or to enable others of ordinary skill in the art to understand the embodiments disclosed herein. The scope of the invention is defined by the appended claims.

Claims

1. An earphone is characterized by comprising a main control module, two earphones and a touch module corresponding to each earphone; the touch control module is used for acquiring touch control gestures input by a user; the main control module is configured to detect whether the touch control gesture is a preset designated gesture, and when the detection result is yes, the receiver corresponding to the touch control module which collects the touch control gesture is used as a first receiver, the other receiver is used as a second receiver, the audio signal of the first sound channel is sent to the first receiver to be played, and the audio signal of the second sound channel is sent to the second receiver to be played; the earphone further comprises a wearing detection module, wherein the wearing detection module is used for detecting whether an event that a user wears the earphone occurs or not, and controlling the touch control module to start under the condition that the event is detected.

2. The headset of claim 1, wherein each of the touch modules is disposed on a corresponding earphone.

3. The headset of claim 1, wherein the touch module is configured to communicate the touch gesture to the master module via a digital interface.

4. The headset of claim 3, wherein the digital interface is an SPI interface or an I2C interface.

5. The headset of claim 1, wherein the touch module is further configured to detect whether the touch gesture is valid, and transmit the touch gesture to the master module if the touch gesture is valid.

6. The headset of claim 5, wherein the main control module is further configured to recognize a function operation corresponding to the touch gesture and control the headset to execute the function operation.

7. A control method of an earphone is characterized in that the earphone is provided with two earphones and a touch module corresponding to each earphone, and the control method comprises the following steps:

acquiring a touch gesture input by a user through the touch module;

sending the audio signal of the first sound channel to the first earphone for playing, and sending the audio signal of the second sound channel to the second earphone for playing;

the control method further comprises the following steps:

detecting whether an event that the user wears the earphone occurs;